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What is Reading Recovery?

Reading Recovery is a literacy program designed to help first grade students to become independent readers and writers and meet grade level expectations.

What is the process for selection?

The program has two selection times, one at the beginning of the year and one at mid-year. Selection is based upon teacher recommendation and the Observation Survey. The Observation Survey test includes letter identification, word test, concepts about print(i.e. front of book, pointing to words, left before right page)writing vocabulary, hearing sounds in words.

How is the service provided?

Students in the program receive one-to-one lessons for thirty minutes each day for 12 to 20 weeks. These lessons are in addition to regular classroom instruction. Lessons are designed to build upon the student's strengths and are taught by specially trained teachers. Graham Road currently has two Reading Recovery teachers.

What helps make Reading Recovery Successful?

• Reading Recovery program teaches to read for meaning. Students are taught many different ways to figure out an unknown word. These strategies are applied to the reading of books.
• Parents are encouraged to visit their child in a Reading Recovery lesson.
• Parents need to listen to their child read two to three books every night along with gluing a sentence back together in their homework book.
• Make sure homework comes back to school every day.
• Parents need to make sure their child attends school regularly so lessons are not missed.
• Classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, parents and child work together as team to get the most out of the program.

What does a typical Reading Recovery lesson look like?

A thirty minute lesson includes.

• Rereading familiar books
• Rereading a book introduced the previous day
• Learning how words work
• Writing a short story
• Reading a new book

What if I want to learn more about Reading Recovery at Graham Road ?

Laura Griffith at 571-226-2764 or Laura.Griffith@fcps.edu